I have worked for many companies and SAP's HR department is the worse!! There is no accountability within the team, only the low end workers are doing something meaningful. The leaders and HRBPs are totally useless - instead of focusing on helping... — read more
SAP can't get a single F1000 reference for S/4HANA.
S/4HANA was launched in 2015 with the biggest marketing campaign in enterprise software history. The CEO called S/4HANA "The fastest growing product in SAP history". Yet to date, not a single large SAP customer moved from ECC to S/4. Not a single... — read more
Will we ever get job security back?
I'm wondering if job security will ever again be a thing at SAP? There were always some layoffs here, but what we have seen in the last month is in a league of its own. I'm starting to think we've reached a point where we'll always have the... — read more
Layoff at SAP
SAP is not a safe as earlier. Successfactor and Ariba technologies inside SAP are treated separately and layoffs are very common here. 4400 people across SAP has been forcefully layoff by giving the name voluntary retirement. People who has joined... — read more
Job search
Are people who have been laid off in the past month or so already looking for new jobs? If yes, how is the search doing?
Any news about Europen locations being in danger?
And I’m talking about specific info about EU locations. Other than that we are well past the point of any location being safe. Has anybody heard about anything being planned recently?
What’s next for SAP?
HANA is goner, too expensive, and in-memory is widely available at cheaper prices S/4HANA is goner, it runs on HANA and there is little functional enhancements over ECC. ROI questionable. Most customers who hold the license do it due to license... — read more
Spain and UK are always first
"The Spanish employees are always the first and easy targets to get rid. Try it in Germany , France and Italy ...." Spain and UK are always first, together with countries in EE and CIS, because of the very permissive labour laws. There will be more... — read more
The layoffs are done, right?
At my US location we were hit pretty hard, but for some time now nothing is happening. Don’t want to sound naive put can we assume now that the layoffs are done, at least in the context of big organized waves? If that is not the case, I suppose a... — read more
Robert Enslin gone as well
Read the SAP Leadership Announcement here https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sap-leadership-announcement-morgan-and-fox-martin-expand-responsibilities-as-enslin-departs-300825618.html
If this is true, SAP HANA & Cloud are toast.
https://www.brightworkresearch.com/ahmedazmi/2019/03/31/what-is-different-about-the-q1-2019-sap-and-oracle-layoffs/
Good article on US severance
https://www.forbes.com/sites/allbusiness/2018/04/14/16-key-issues-in-negotiating-an-employment-severance-package/#393cea5176b2
SAP's hard times and the shortcomings of HANA
SAP went all in on HANA, and is clearly reversing course now. What went wrong? 1) A zero response DB - not true at all 2) HANA doesn't need any DBA/Basis people to run - not true at all 3) HANA runs on any platform/OS there are no restrictions - not... — read more
Any info on german locations getting hit?
No rumors at my location in Germany, but keeping in mind the state that we’re in and the fact that US locations got hit recently, I figure it’s just a matter of time before the layoffs spill back to Europe again. Has there been any word on potential... — read more
I am out
After several of my posts deleted, i am not coming here anymore. I can get these information from twitter or any public website.
Frightened SAP employees sign up for JP Morgan Run
I know of 2 SAP colleagues who sign up for the JP Morgan Run, just to show that they are enthusiastic about the company. They were very upset at the lay-off but had to show give their best smile and be good corporate citizens. It’s a hard life when... — read more
Why are post being deleted?
I have been following this thread and noticed many posts are being removed. Is SAP monitoring this site? Is this site deleting posts at their request? Just curious if this is a free speech site as claimed or not?
What gets hit after the bay area locations?
Any indication on what offices could be hit next? Judging by everything It seems that these layoffs won’t be over any time soon. So, any indication who could be next on the chopping block?
Article on tech layoffs in the Bay Area
https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/03/27/tech-layoffs-to-top-1000-in-bay-area-by-late-may-state-reports-show/amp/
Is this a good sign?
I see that posts here have slowed down - should I take that as a good sign that layoffs are over for now? Or is this simply calm before the storm and we are about to be hit with another round or three? What can I say, the last month at SAP has made... — read more
What locations do they want to cut to the ground?
I imagine that in light of the layoffs some locations will be closed( talking about the US). Is there any rumor or any word on what locations are they planning to close? Are they required to give some notice about their intention for closure, if a... — read more
Layoff numbers for the Bay Area
In case anyone is interested, saw this reported in the Silicon Valley Business Journal today: Citing a “permanent restructuring,” SAP confirmed with the Business Journal Tuesday evening that it is laying off 446 Bay Area employees. The cuts include... — read more
SAP is no longer the same SAP
SAP is no longer the same SAP it used to be who used to cared for it’s employees. Unfortunately not anymore. SAP board only cares about increasing share price but ignoring their engineering culture and acquiring companies. It’s become all about... — read more
This is the key issue
SAP unfortunately has still not figured out how to get user experience right. Usability is #1 issue customers are facing. Still there is no major investment in UX. I have heard designers even have to struggle to get right and latest design tools... — read more
SAP Europe layoffs on April 1
UK and Ireland, to be more precise. This has now been talked about enough that I think we can consider it confirmed (despite the suspicious date.) Good luck everybody there - if I'm not mistaken, packages there are better than in the U.S. so look at... — read more
Are there any signs of layoffs this week?
I’m at a US location but it would be helpful to get info on other worldwide locations as well, as SAP layoffs have the domino effect and they tend to spill to the US in any case, sooner or later. So have any layoffs happened, and if they have what... — read more
Merge APJ and GC
how about merge SAP APJ and SAP GC? it will help the company to save even more money. anyway, GC used to be part of APJ
I hear Under Armour needs s/4 HANA SAP People
https://www.zdnet.com/article/under-armour-cites-change-management-woes-with-sap-implementation-as-digital-transformation-stumbles/
Unemployment Insurance for SAP acquired entities
Have you all had a situation where your paystubs or W2 are still reflecting the acquired entities. i.c. Concur, or Ariba or SuccessFactors. For which company will you list as your employer in the Unemployment Claims ?
What will this week be like?
Any layoffs in the US? Any layoffs, period? Can we consider this round completed?
Experience matters, as posted in the lobby
https://m.imgur.com/o7tSq2R
SAP betrayal
We have been loyal to this company, working on projects and skills that are only of value to this company; almost none of us were looking outside or constantly interviewing or fighting amongst ourselves for the s-xiest of trendiest projects. And now
When can we feel a little safer?
Not naive to think that layoffs will ever really stop, but there is a physical line under which they can’t lay off otherwise the company wouldn’t be able to operate. How close are we to that line, and is their goal realy to operate with the bare... — read more
Oooops, Sorry Revlon, S4 cost you!
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/revlon-shares-slide-65-after-report-of-material-weakness-in-financial-controls-2019-03-19 The weakness stems from problems Revlon has faced in implementing a new enterprise resource planning system, or ERP, in the... — read more
Smaller portions of layoffs are impossible to determine at SAP
We are a big company and the fact that we have an international workforce with offices in various parts of the world smaller portions of layoffs are next to impossible to determine. So, after the official wave I think that they will continue with... — read more
Good read
An article that actually calls out SAP for getting rid of some of its top talent - color me shocked! SAP signals cloud intent as it ousts top in-house programmers... — read more
This process should have been much more transparent
Good management wouldn't let us guess for weeks about what's going on - they'd be honest and communicate what their plans are - for better or worse - instead of leaving us in the dark. It's sad that we have to guess and search for clues outside of... — read more
Removed peoples like based on conversation date and didn’t consider performance base
Some Peoples are converted from contract to permanent based on performance. in my LOB peoples are removed based on who converted in the last 1.5 years. Who requested to convert. if the peoples are converted at least they should stay with parent... — read more
Second quarter !
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/technology/sap-signals-cloud-intent-as-it-ousts-top-in-house-programmers-11362782